Toilet seat construction



Jan. 30, 1951 D. J. ROSENHEIM 2,539,481

- TOILET SEAT CONSTRUCTION Filed Jun'e s, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 JNVEN TOR. 0/41/10 I (pi /W150" D. J. ROSENHEIM TOILET SEAT CONSTRUCTION Jan. 30, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 3, 1948 INVENTOR. 041/10 Jf @jEN/IEIM BY f k m /7r70A/E/ Patented Jan. 30, 1951 TOILET SEAT CONSTRUQTION DavidJ. .R'osenheim, New ork, N. Y., assignor toLapin Products, Inc, Newark, .N. 3., ascorporation-of'New York Application June3, l948,.Serial'No..30,Z70

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The present inventionrelates to a plastic'toilet *sea't construction.

It is among the objects of the present invention to'provide a novel; sturdyfdurable and attractive toilet seat construction which may be readily molded out of plastic material "by injection or other moldingprocedures,and-which will be devoid of crevices or recesses likely to catchzdirt and which alsomay bemost readily cleaned.

Another object is to provide a novel, molded, plastic'toilet seat and cover construction which will be of light weight and-durable material .and

which will have a relatively simple hinging :construction and which will not require added elements either suchas rubber steps or covering posts or plates.

Still further objects and advantages will appear in the more detailed description set forth below,

"it being understood, however, that this more detailed description is-given by way of illustration and explanation only and not by way of limitation, since various changes therein may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.

In accomplishing the above objects it has been found most satisfactory, according to one embodiment of the invention, to form the toilet seat and cover as two integral, injection molded pieces of cellulose acetate, styrene, methacrylate resins or other similar resins with appropriate integrally molded cross members or ribs to give suitable strength.

The stop elements instead of being formed of a plastic or rubber material are molded integrally with the body of the cover and the seat and are desirably attached. to the reinforcing rib members, which either may extend transversely across the body portions or form the marginal edges of the body portions.

The cover and seat may be sold as one unit and they may be conveniently hinged together by providing upstanding flanges at the sides of the cover and base elements adjacent the rear thereof.

The invention also consists in certain new and. original features of construction and combination of parts, hereinafter set forth and claimed and as to its other objects, features and advantages, the mode of operation and manner of its organization, these may be better understood by referring to the following description considered in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a toilet bowl construction showing the side elevational view of the annular base or bottom seat member of the present invention in position thereon upon' a relativelyreduced scale.

Fig. 2 is atop plan view o'f the-annular 'base or bottom seat element of the toilet seat construction or the present invention.

FigfS'isa bottom plan view of the 'base or bottom seat element 1 of the "toilet seat "construction of the present invention.

Fig. 4 :is a fragmentary transverseisetional view upontheline l-d of Fig. l and' -upon an "enlarged scale as compared to Figf1.

Fig. I 5 is a side elevational viewsimilar 'toFig. 1 of the annular base elementaswelliia'sT-thelcover element of the toilet "seatastructtuepaccording to the present invention.

Fig. '6 is a "top :plan view taken uupon' -the "line iii- &5 fof Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a :bottom plan iv'ie'w of the .cover lelrn'Ent taken upon "the line 1-1 of :Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is 'a transverse sectional view iupo'n an enlarged scale, taken upon the line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

The cover structure rests upon the bowl B and it is provided with a hinged attachment 0 to said bowl B. The base section or element A of the toilet seat structure is provided with a stop element D.

Referring to Figs. 5 to 8, there is shown the cover element E which rests upon the annular base A and also has a hinged connection at C to the lower annular element A.

Referring to the lower element A itself, as best shown in Figs. 1 to 4, the upper rim ID of the bowl B supports the stop elements D, which extend downwardly from the hollow curved section H. The section I! has a relatively steep, sharply down-turned outer portion l2 of a relatively shallow, gradually sloping inward portion 13.

The inner and outer curved portions l2 and I3 will terminate at the edges l4 and I5 substantially above the flat surface It of the top rim It of the bowl B.

The rear of the seat, s indicated in Figs. 1 to 4, has the upstanding flanges I8 which have an opening H for receiving the pivot rod l9. The pivot rod is has the down-turned ends 20 which are attached at 2! to the rear section 50 of the rim it of the bowl B.

The hollow portion 5| is provided with the cross webs or transverse integrally molded elements 22 and 23, which have the short cross. or transverse portions 25 and 26. These portions extend below the edges l4 and I5, as shown best in Fig. 4, and form stops against the upper surface iii of the rim I0.

The projecting crosses 25 and 26, as indicated in Fig. 4, are of such size and length as to afford in themselves satisfactory resilient stops against the top rim of the bowl B. The thickness of elements 22, 23, 25 and 26 is the same or slightly more than the thickness of the sloping portions I2 and I3. These elements 22, 23, 25 and 26 not only give suflicient rigidity to the element A, but also permit suflicient residual flexibility.

The flanges 18 have lower portions 28 which extend below the curved portions I! and which receive the pivot pin l9. The pivot pin [9 extends through the portions 30, as shown in Fig. 2.

Between the cross members 22 and 23 are provided the strengthening ribs 35 and, if desired, other strengthening ribs similar to 35 might be provided, depending upon the thickness of the shell H.

The corners between the transverse ribs 22, 23

.and 35 are curved, as indicated at 39, 31, 38, 40

and M, so as to render the seat more sanitary 'and prevent collection of dirt or grime at these points.

The cover E consists of a flat shell with a base Ill having a down-turned edge 1 I, which has projecting integral cup 12 contacting the dome of the shell II. The projections 12 are spaced,

.as indicated on Fig. 5. The rear of the shell has the extension portion 13 which fits on the pivot pin 14 extending through the side flanges 15 of the rear extension 13. The rear extension 13 has a back flange 16.

It is thus apparent that the present applicant has provided a simply molded, durable,

firm, rigid toilet seat shell and cover, which is sanitary and attractive in appearance and which will stand up over long periods of time.

As many changes could be made in the above toilet seat construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope of the claim, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having now particularly ascertained the nature of the invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, what is claimed is:

A toilet seat construction comprising a pivotally mounted integrally molded one piece plastic shell having a relatively steep sharply downturned outer portion and a gradually sloping inner portion, the edges of said outer and inner portions lying in the same plane, cross-shaped reinforcing members molded integrally with the shell and extending between the outer and inner portions at spaced intervals, the lower edges of the cross-shaped members extending below the lower edges of the outer and inner portions of the shell to form toilet bowl engaging feet for spacing the shell from the upper edge'of a toilet bowl. 7

DAVID J 1 ROSENHEIM.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,079,007 Hoelscher Nov 18, 1913 1,588,019 Gitter June 8, 1926 1,984,524 Ebert et a1 Dec. 18, 1934 2,132,550 Wexelberg Oct. 11, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 424,421 Great Britain Feb. 18, 1935 346,846 Italy Mar. 9, 1937 

